Divertible-hopper dump-car.



A. CAMPBELL.

DIVERTIBLE HOPPER DUMP CAR.

APPLICATION FILED JUNI11'7,1912.

1,063,955. Patented June 10, 1913.

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DIVERTIBLB HOPPER DUMP CAR.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 17, 1912. i..063,955. Patented June 10,1913.

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DIVERTIBLH HOPPER DUMP CAR.

APPLIGAIXON rum) JUNE 11, 1912.

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1' "fliillllli KRG'YLECA'MPBELL, O1? CI-IIGAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR 'lOENTERPRISE RAILWAY. EQUIPMENT COMIAIilY, DIE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AOOBPQRATION OF ILLINOIS.

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'giallll'llilttl forms of nmteriol, or lumber o1- The object of theinvention is to provide a car of the type above outlined, which will hesuit-bible for all of thepurposes specified, and which will containsuitable devices for diverting the materiel, when used [or dump- ;s orthe center of the i The invention furthermore consists in thein'iprm'enients in the parts and devices, and in the novel combinationsoi. ports and devices herein shown, described. or claimed.

In the drawings forming it part oi this specification, Figure l is n.pertinl Pltlll View of a (or embodying my improvements. Fig.

2 is a side elevation of the structure shown in liig. 1,11 portion ofthe enrbeingshown in sectionat the right hand end thereof. Fig. 3 is atransverse, vertical section, upon un enlarged scale, token ,on-the line3-3 of Fig. 2, one door being open, and Fig. i is alongitudinal verticalsection taken substantially on the-line 4-i of Fig. 1.

ln-the drawing, A represents the. body of the car, the somebeing'supported on suit able under-framing, end as shown is pro ridedwith a plurality .of hoppers B, B, the

same being arranged in series longitudinally" of the car on each side ofthe center sill and between the trucks. The car may also be provided.with removable broad parlitions C, C, when especially heavy nmterinlsare being carried and it is not desired to use the entire length of thecar, these partitions C, C, as shown, being disposed at the ends of theseries of hoppers B, B. Each hopper B is composed oi? two end, hoppersheets 11, 11, the some, as shown more clearly in Fig. 8, havingvertical inner edges and a downwardly slo )ing under edge, and cool) hopper is furt iermore provided with n perineneut hopper bottom sheet:idnptod to dire l. the umlerinl toimrd the Center ol the n r belweenthe tracks '13, 13. Each hopper ii is also furthermore provided with nside door opening l and n center door opening! 1%, the side dooropenings l) beiug adopted to be closed by moons of doors ll hinged}.)rel:'erobly all. their inner lower edges ntpoinls :uljncenl the upperedges oi the bottom hopper sheets 19, and the center door opening-e Ebeing adopted to be closed by hinge doors l5, 15, preferably pivoted .attheir upper lrmgitiulinirl edgcsndjacent the lower outer edges of thecontrol hopper sheets 16, jll', located on opposite sides of the centersill l7.

.lflneh series o'lside doors i l, i=1. is adopt ed to be opernled fromit eonnnou operating shaft ldoxtonding longitudinally of the (or at theside thereof and connected to eneh of the doors by means of it pluralityof links if), Ill. book 20 and link 21,-lhe hitter links. as shown,extending upwardly beyond the free edges of the doors 14- while in theopen position. Both series o.l;tl1e center doors .15, 1!) are adaptedLobe .operztled simultaneously from it single og'iernling shn'lt 29located beneath eitheinseries oi bottom hopper sheets 12, end havingkeyed thereto lorers 23 extending on both sides of the sh-lift,irnddntving pivoted thereto at each end connecting il'lcmbers 24-, 2e1-to ench ml the doors 15, 15, snidlever. and comforting inenibers 24.being so arranged tofilforni it sell locking arrangement on the shaftwhen the doors are in closed positlomns is customary inthistypo of dooroperating ineehzinism. l lnoh of the operating shafts 18. Zl8,nnd;;theoperating shoTtlZQ isndnpted to hoopornted by .nuy suitable form oflerer nnd .'rl,itchet n'iei'zhnnisin.

in order to. divert the,granulated mu rials to either the center.015C110 sides .ofithe cor, enoh hopper I3 is provided withinnnuxilinryor false door 1*, the latter being pivoted at its lgmcnedgo directlyabove the pivot points of the side doors 14, Ill, and said false doorI", as shown, is adapted to ass-lune the position shown in full in theleft hand side of Fig. 3, and to be held in this position in line withthe upper hopper sheels 16, as by means of :1. plurality of latches 25,25, the latter: being pivoted to the false doors F and adapted to beretained in place friclionelly, and when extended beyo'ud the free edgeof the false doorF, to seat upon the upper hopper sheets 16 and thusprevent any of the material from passing out of the cen ter dooropenings-E, E. When, however, it is desired to dump the material to thecenter of the tracks, the false doors F, F are swung to the positionshown in dotted lines at the left of Fig. 3, so that when the centerdoors 15, 15 are opened, all the material will be deflected or divertedto the center of the track by means of the hopper bottom sheets 12, 12.As will also be noted, the false doors F, F are made of such a widththat when the latches or looking members 25, 25 are swung inwardly onthe false doors, the latter'will pass through the side door openings D,D of the hoppers with the doors 14, 14,when the latter are opened, inthis way adapting the car to be used as a side dump car, and still havesome of the material carried by the hoppers, which may be dumped at thecenter of the car by opening the doors 15, 15, if desired. i

As will be seen in Fig. 4 of the drawings, the top faces of thecrossmembers 26, 26 between the hoppers are arranged at the same level as theend floor portions 27 of the car, so that pipe, structural iron or othersimilar material may be easily carried by the car.

Various changes and modifications may be made in the details of thestructure without departing from the spirit of the invention, and allchanges and variations are contour plated as fall Within the scope ofthe claims appended hereto.

1. In a car of the class described, the combination of a car body havinga hopper located below the floor level of the car and provided with dooropenings arranged on opposite sides thereof, hinged doors for closingsaid openings and a hinged false dour located within the-hopper andadapted to close one of the openings to thereby cause the material topass out of the other door opening, substantially as specified.

2. In a car of the class described, the combination of a car body havingdoor openings and doors for center dumping and door openings and doorsfor side dumping and arranged to form a longitudinal series of hoppersalong each side of the longitudinal center of the car, and auxiliarydoors pivotally mounted and movable from one position to another intoline with the bottoms of the hoppers, substantially as specified.

3. In a car of the class described, the combination of a car bodyprovided with door openings and having doors for side and centerdumping, movable false doors used to cover portions of the hoppers whenthe car is arranged for side dumping, whereby a continuous incline isformed from points adjacent the top of the longitudinal center of thecar to the outer edges of the side dumping doors when the latter areopened, substantially as specified,

4:. In a car of the class described, the combination of a car bodyhaving longitudinally arranged hoppers on each side of the longitudinalcenter line of the car, each hopper having a side dumping door hinged atits bottom to a hopperbottom sheet inclined downwardly toward the centerof the car and a center dumping door hinged at its top, said center doorabutting the said hopper bottom sheet at its lower edge, substantiallyas specified.

5. In a car of the class described, the combination of a car body havinghoppers provided with door openings and doors for side dumping and dooropenings and doors for central dumping, inclined hopper sheets betweenthe side and center doors in each hopper, and movable members fordirecting the flow of material through either the side orcenter openingsof the hopper and adapted to form continuous inclines with the centerlongitudinal hopper sheets, substantially as specified.

6. In a car of the class described, the combination of a car body havinglongitudinal hoppers along the sides of the center sills arranged forcentral and side dumping, auxiliary hinged doors for preventing the.flow of n'laterial through the center doors of the hoppers when saidauxiliary doors are in ptsition to form a continuous incline with thecenter hopper sheets of the car toward the outside of the track, and forpermitting the flow of material through said center doors when saidauxiliary door is otherwiz-ze positioned, substantially specified.AltGYLE CAMPBELL. WVitnesses:

PEARL ABnAMs, g Esau-inn ABRAMS.

